Rome's Pantheon to start charging visitors next May
Visitors to Rome's Pantheon, an ancient temple-turned-church, will have to pay to visit the site from May next year, Italy's culture ministry announced on Monday. Tickets will cost €2 and will be introduced on May 2nd, 2018, so locals and those planning to visit the capital before then still have a chance to visit the site for free. And even after...
History underneath history: Italy’s underground secrets
When I still lived abroad, I once visited my brother in Rome with two Irish friends, who were astonished by the fact the city only had two underground lines (it’s three today). “Well, every time they begin digging, something archaeologically valuable comes out of the ground!” - my brother would cheerfully explain. While that may not be the sole rea...
Ferrari to Boost Production as Supercar Demand Jumps
Ferrari NV, fabled for its fast cars on roads and race tracks, is packing some extra speed into its factories, too. The Italian supercar maker, spun off from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV in 2016, plans to boost production by doubling assembly shifts to two a day in 2018 as deliveries are on pace to reach its 9,000-vehicle target a year earlier than...
Feast of the Seven Fishes: An Italian tradition at home in SWFL
When Chef Carmelo LaMotta, owner of LaMotta’s Italian Restaurant in south Fort Myers, makes his Christmas Eve grocery list, there's no mistaking his Italian roots. In addition to the old standbys of bread and wine, he adds shrimp, calamari, octopus, clams, mussels and salted cod to the lineup. For LaMotta and Italian-American families across South...
Filippo Troisi (Legance): “The opening of our New York office is another significant milestone in our history”
Legance continues to grow and recently reinforced its international presence with a new office in New York. Filippo Troisi, Senior and Founding Partner, shares with us the firm's major breakthroughs in a 10 year success story. Leaders League. As Legance celebrates its 10th anniversary, what have been the most significant milestones in the firm's hi...
Leosphere to celebrate Milan-Chicago bond
A 15-story-tall wooden sphere inspired by the geometric shapes of Leonardo da Vinci’s studies will alight in Chicago in 2018 to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the sister city relationship between Chicago and Milan, Italy. The project, which was recently announced at a press reception at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Chicago, is being creat...
Eataly fosters symbiosis of restaurants and retail
Eataly — the Italian supermarket, food hall and restaurant complex — offers visitors a wide variety of premium imports; specialized services such as a vegetable “butcher,” who cleans and chops produce to customer specifications; and meal options ranging from pasta and sandwiches to multi-course feasts. Raffaele Piarulli is vice president of operati...
Gabriella e Michael "migranti al contrario": i fratelli americani che investono a Palermo
Quando sono arrivati a Palermo era il 1990: un piccolo trauma per i fratellini che dall'imponente America si sono dovuti confrontare con una cultura, una lingua, un mondo diverso. Oggi Gabriella e Michael sono i protagonisti di una storia di "migranti al contrario": dopo la scuola sono tornati a vivere negli Stati Uniti ma poi il legame con la Sici...
Players Club of Swarthmore Stages Comic Romance ITALIAN AMERICAN RECONCILIATION
Just in time for the new year, The Players Club of Swarthmore presents the quirky romantic comedy Italian American Reconciliation, Jan. 5-20, for 10 performances on the PCS Main Stage at 614 Fairview Ave., Swarthmore. Buy tickets online at www.pcstheater.org. Written by John Patrick Shanley (Moonstruck, Doubt) and directed by Kristy Boyer Chen, Ita...
Vento Bistro brings coastal Italian cuisine to New Rochelle
Chef Francesco Coli is bringing the Southern Italian seas to this Sound Shore city. That is, much of the food he serves at the newly-opened Vento Bistro, at 282 Huguenot St., comes straight from those crystal blue waters. “I import a lot of the fish myself," Coli said. "I have direct contact with fisheries overseas," including in southeastern Italy...
Italy’s Lombardy invests 1.7 m euro in new tourism campaign
Consolidating Lombardy as a major tourist destination and enhancing tourism as a driver of economic development, in a logic of integrated attractiveness are the objectives of the new communication campaign “#inLombardia there is so much to discover,” which will be conveyed until 31 January next with billboards, press, radio and TV, digital and soci...
Sons of Italy host holiday event for CO-OP
On Dec. 7, The Order of Sons of Italy in America Peter B. Gay Lodge No. 540 hosted its 12th annual holiday event for consumers and staff at CO-OP, a local non-profit agency supporting individuals with developmental and other disabilities. More than 100 people enjoyed lunch, with music, dancing and the traditional reading of “Twas the Night Before...